Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 4 said to be 30 percent more productive than its predecessor during its Windows 10 devices event in New York. The sleek and elegantly designed tablet is accompanied by a bag full of accessories that enhance user experience.

With very thin screen bezels, the Surface Pro 4 features a giant 12.3-inch display with a resolution of 2160 x 1440. The special Touch Chipset devoted to touch screen operations helps the display screen sense 1,024 levels of pressure from the stylus.

The display makes use of the PixelSense technology that binds together five million pixels with 267 pixels per inch. The improved Surface Pen is now accompanied by an eraser.

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The Surface Pro 4 is just 8.4 mm thick as compared to the 9.1 mm of its predecessor. It also touts an outer layer protected by Gorilla Glass; a very thin backlight unit; a fingerprint scanner and a hybrid cooling system. It comes packed with 16 GB of RAM with an expandable storage up to 1 TB.

The Surface Pro 4 with its sixth generation Intel Core Skylake processor and integrated Iris Pro graphics on board is 50 percent faster than the MacBook Air, reports Phone Arena. This considerably augments the Pro 4’s graphics performance and enables 4K videos.

The Surface Pro houses an 8 MP camera at the back with a 5 MP camera at the front. A thinner and lighter Type Cover features a 40 percent larger trackpad and an upgraded keypad. Microsoft Hello supports face authentication and biometric inputs like fingerprints. The new Surface Dock comes with four USB 3.0 ports, two Display Ports (up to 4K) and and Ethernet port, reports Engadget.

Staring Oct. 26, the new Surface Pro 4 will be available at US$ 899 (AU$1255). Terry Myerson, executive Vice president of Windows and Devices Group, Microsoft, confirmed in a blog post that more than 110 million devices around the world are running Windows 10 to date.

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